The MLK Monument

[ClydeR]

The massive granite monument to slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King has risen on the National Mall and the reviews are in: King looks like an angry black-Asian dictator about to administer a beating to everyone in his path. And that view comes from King supporters and professional black activists.

Their complaints are many; one of the main concerns of even leftist blacks is that a Chinese communist sculptor, who adores communist mass-murderer Mao Zedong, created the effigy of King.

The Statue

Authorized by President Bill Clinton, the $120 million King Memorial has been 15 years in the making. It sits on four acres on the National Mall between the Jefferson and Lincoln memorials and features a 30-foot tall King. The head alone weighs 46 tons, and some of the blocks of granite used to construct the behemoth weigh 55 tons

More... (http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/8849-martin-luther-king-statue-draws-complaints)

Does it matter that the sculptor is a Chinese communist? And, if so, what should we do about it now?

You betcha it matters. We should chunk the current monument and leave the space blank until we can come up with a better one by an American sculptor.

[Androidpk]

Nope, doesn't matter who made, what matters is the ridiculous amount of money spent on it.

[Archigeek]

What matters is how ridiculous it looks. It looks like a Communist propaganda piece.

[Parkbandit]

I didn't realize that MLK was half Asian.. because he looks half Asian in that monument.

[Tgo01]

Did they really have the thing built in China to save a few bucks?

[Back]

Did they really have the thing built in China to save a few bucks?

Actually that statue is mass produced over there. The Chinese are Obama crazy because they think he is moving our country in a direction more like their own. This sculpture is based off of a keychain you can find in every shop in Ho Chi Min City.

The Department of Parks and services had it commissioned at less than 20% of the usual park sculpture commission rate in accordance with Obama's plan on making this country communist.

[Tgo01]

Actually that statue is mass produced over there. The Chinese are Obama crazy because they think he is moving our country in a direction more like their own. This sculpture is based off of a keychain you can find in every shop in Ho Chi Min City.

The Department of Parks and services had it commissioned at less than 20% of the usual park sculpture commission rate in accordance with Obama's plan on making this country communist.

Oh okay thanks for clearing that up.

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

Actually that statue is mass produced over there. The Chinese are Obama crazy because they think he is moving our country in a direction more like their own. This sculpture is based off of a keychain you can find in every shop in Ho Chi Min City.

The Department of Parks and services had it commissioned at less than 20% of the usual park sculpture commission rate in accordance with Obama's plan on making this country communist.

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110817154624/callofduty/images/4/49/185e5_ORIG-cool_story_bro_4.jpg

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

Holy shit, that thing cost 120 million to make? I'd have done it for like... 10 million and I'd probably take 9.75M of that home!

[Keller]

Actually that statue is mass produced over there. The Chinese are Obama crazy because they think he is moving our country in a direction more like their own. This sculpture is based off of a keychain you can find in every shop in Ho Chi Min City.

The Department of Parks and services had it commissioned at less than 20% of the usual park sculpture commission rate in accordance with Obama's plan on making this country communist.

http://mlkshk.com/r/4863

[WRoss]

Actually that statue is mass produced over there. The Chinese are Obama crazy because they think he is moving our country in a direction more like their own. This sculpture is based off of a keychain you can find in every shop in Ho Chi Min City.

The Department of Parks and services had it commissioned at less than 20% of the usual park sculpture commission rate in accordance with Obama's plan on making this country communist.

I think you are being sarcastic, but I'm really curious if you actually are now an Obama hater.

[Gelston]

I just looked at pics of the monument. It is terrible looking. Who the fuck approved that?

[TheEschaton]

I was trying to read the article ClydeR posted without looking at the website it was (didn't even occur to me for some reason). Then I got to the second paragraph and thought, "Wow, this sounds ridiculous."

Then I was like, oh, this is some right wing website who is, for some reason, inexplicably bashing MLK, Jr.

[Parkbandit]

I was trying to read the article ClydeR posted without looking at the website it was (didn't even occur to me for some reason). Then I got to the second paragraph and thought, "Wow, this sounds ridiculous."

Then I was like, oh, this is some right wing website who is, for some reason, inexplicably bashing MLK, Jr.

It's like this was the first ClydeR post you ever read.

[TheEschaton]

I know, right? You'd think I'd have figured it out by now.

[Androidpk]

Makes sense that Clinton approved this.

[Kembal]

Actually that statue is mass produced over there. The Chinese are Obama crazy because they think he is moving our country in a direction more like their own. This sculpture is based off of a keychain you can find in every shop in Ho Chi Min City.

The Department of Parks and services had it commissioned at less than 20% of the usual park sculpture commission rate in accordance with Obama's plan on making this country communist.

Pretty funny, although Ho Chi Minh City is in Vietnam, not China.

[Keller]

Makes sense that Clinton approved this.

First black president and all.

[Androidpk]

First black president and all.

I was referring to Clinton's treasonous connection to the Chinese.

[Back]

Pretty funny, although Ho Chi Minh City is in Vietnam, not China.

Yeah. My reaction to Tgo01’s post was to push the absurdity level even further than he had. I certainly hope his post was sarcastic and not one of genuine disbelief.

[Tgo01]

Yeah. My reaction to Tgo01’s post was to push the absurdity level even further than he had. I certainly hope his post was sarcastic and not one of genuine disbelief.

Wait what? How did I push the absurdity level? Because of 'genuine disbelief' that they built this memorial in China to save a few bucks?

Well I guess you are right, I really should stop being surprised to hear things like this.

[Keller]

I was referring to Clinton's treasonous connection to the Chinese.

I was just adding to my post count.

[AnticorRifling]

So are they going to credit all the people that actually wrote stuff he took as his own or is it just MLK on this thing?

[TheEschaton]

LOL. All great speakers speak on the same thing, and often use each other's works in their own work. It's not an excuse for plagiarism, but if you think the man was just about his speeches, you're kind of missing the point. If you can tell me how his not having original thoughts detracted from him as a civil rights leader, let me know. Hell, you sound like that idiot article Clyde linked, Wayne.

[AnticorRifling]

TROLLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLED!

[RichardCranium]

TROLLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLED!

I prefer the term "creative extremistedededed".

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

LOL. All great speakers speak on the same thing, and often use each other's works in their own work. It's not an excuse for plagiarism, but if you think the man was just about his speeches, you're kind of missing the point. If you can tell me how his not having original thoughts detracted from him as a civil rights leader, let me know. Hell, you sound like that idiot article Clyde linked, Wayne.

Yeah, Wayne!